Journalism Award

The Memorial Golf Journalism Award was created to honor and pay tribute to golf journalists, electronic as well as print media, who have served their profession with conspicuous honor and made a major contribution and impact on golf journalism.

Herb Graffis was the initial recipient in 1982, along with Bernard Darwin, O.B. Keeler, Henry Longhurst and Grantland Rice. Plaques hang permanently in the Media Center that highlight the careers and achievements of each recipient.

Each year’s recipient is chosen by a highly esteemed panel of national and international golf journalists including:

Dave Anderson, The New York Times

Bob Baptist, The Columbus Dispatch

Jaime Diaz, Golf World

Larry Dorman, Golf World

Doug Furguson, Associated Press

Dave Hackenberg, Toledo Blade

Melanie Hauser, secretary-treasurer of the Golf Writers Association of America

Dan Jenkins, Golf Digest

Kaye Kessler, former GWAA president

Renton Laidlaw, secretary-treasurer of the BGWA

Marino Parascenzo, Past President of the Golf Writers Association of America